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Blood Syndicate #5 (Aug. 1993):
“Requiem”
by Ivan Velez Jr., ChrisCross, John Lowe

Blood Syndicate #5

Title: “Requiem”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1993

Publisher: DC Milestone Media
Written by: Ivan Velez Jr.
Art by: ChrisCross, John Lowe


21 characters in this story:

Character
(Click links for info about character
and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)
Religious
Affiliation
Team(s)
[Notes]
Pub. #
app.
Brickhouse Brickhouse (Marta) hero
  black; Blood Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 40
Third Rail Third Rail (Pui Chung) hero
  Asian; Blood Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 44
Wise Son Wise Son (Hannibal White) hero
CBR Scale: S Black Muslim (Nation of Islam)
black; Blood Syndicate DC Milestone Media 59
Holocaust Holocaust (Leonard Smalls) villain
  black; Blood Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 43
DMZ DMZ hero
  black; Blood Syndicate DC Milestone Media 57
Fade Fade (Carlos Quinones Jr.) hero
CBR Scale: S LGBT
black; Blood Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 56
Flashback Flashback (Sara Quinones) hero
  Blood Syndicate; Force Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 53
Masquerade Masquerade hero
  black; Blood Syndicate DC Milestone Media 31
Blood Syndicate Blood Syndicate hero group
  [gang] DC Milestone Media 61
Dogg Dogg hero
CBR Scale: M uplifted animal
Blood Syndicate; dog
[normal dog made intelligent by Big Bang Q-Juice]
DC Milestone Media 37
Rats of Undertown Rats of Undertown villain group
CBR Scale: D uplifted animals
rat
[members: Black Rat, Scratch, Stripe Rat]
DC Milestone Media 12
Kwai Kwai (Nina Lam) hero
CBR Scale: M Chinese traditional religion
Asian; Blood Syndicate... 
[sister and arch-enemy of Demon Fox]
DC Milestone Media 29
Jen Lam supporting character
  Asian
[mother of Kwai, Demon Fox]
DC Milestone Media 4
Michael Lam supporting character
  Asian
[Kwai's father]
DC Milestone Media 4
Amy Wing supporting character
  Asian DC Milestone Media 4
John Wing villain
  Asian; Demon Fox Tong...  DC Milestone Media 5
The Coalition villain group
  Asian DC Milestone Media 3
Demon Fox Tong villain group
  Asian DC Milestone Media 4
Roaches of Undertown Roaches of Undertown villain group
CBR Scale: D uplifted animals
cockroach
[gained human intelligence, size from Big Bang event]
DC Milestone Media 5
Demon Fox Demon Fox
(cameo)
villain
CBR Scale: D Chinese traditional religion
Demon Fox Tong
[Chinese mystical being; rival of her sister Kwai]
DC Milestone Media 8
Tech-9 Tech-9 (Rolando Texador)
(mentioned) 
hero
  black; Blood Syndicate...  DC Milestone Media 22

Text on cover: "Hasta la vista, Tech-9"

Plot summary (from http://milestone.luthor.com/comics_detail.asp?ID=63&):

Blood Syndicate grieves over the loss of Tech-9. We are introduced to John Wing and the Coalition as they plan to take down the Blood Syndicate. The Syndicate is baited into attacking a new crack house. Wise Son is aggressive in his attempt to be the new leader. We also get a foreshadowing of the Demon Fox.